Manchester City held a press conference on the morning of the 18th, and the curtain of the Premier League officially opened in the afternoon.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams took the lead, these two teams are the teams that Wen Sheng wants to pay attention to, even if he knows that Arsenal and Liverpool are still empty this season, but these two teams are capable of posing a great threat to the championship team, Manchester City must also be cautious when meeting them, Arsenal gave Manchester City an ugly look last season.

In the first round of the new season, Arsenal and Liverpool did not play against strong teams, Arsenal played Sunderland at home, and Liverpool took on West Bromwich Albion away.

Ninety minutes later, Arsenal and Liverpool were disgraced, Arsene Wenger failed to get the scheduled three points at the Emirates Stadium, and West Bromwich Albion gave Brendan a head to beat Liverpool 3-0 at home.

"Rogers, this is the rhythm that is ready to jump out of the pit?!" Since tomorrow is the match day, according to the custom, Manchester City will rest at the Carrington base in the evening, and Wensheng and his coaches chatted in the café at night when they had nothing to do, and Hawking joked about the day's games.

"Brandon won't be out of class! He wasn't familiar enough with Liverpool and just needed a little time to find the right way to play for Liverpool! Wen Sheng smiled and shook his head, there was no training in the afternoon, Wen Sheng watched the live broadcast of this game.

How to say it, Wen Sheng thinks that Rodgers' work in the summer is not too good anyway, it stands to reason that he should have an in-depth study of Liverpool, but Wen Sheng feels that he is not enough, this game against West Bromwich Albion, he basically continued Dalglish's set, 442 wings fly together, this set of tactics can not be said to be bad, but Wen Sheng personally feels that it is not the current status quo of Liverpool.

The midfielder of 442 feels that the money is second, and the most important thing is the midfielder in the middle, the partner of Gerrard and Lucas, Gerrard is similar to last season's Yaya Toure of Manchester City, the forward attack attribute is very strong, and the balance between defense is lacking, Lucas is not in the best condition, there is a lot of pressure on the backline, Ager was sent off, and Liverpool fell into a scene of one less person, in this situation, it is normal for Liverpool to be beaten.

At least in Wensheng's opinion, the parallel position of 442 is not suitable for Liverpool.

Also in Manchester City's 442 position is not a parallel position, he set up a bilateral forward midfield, weakening the role of Yaya Toure in the attack, arranging him to be more inclined to defense, in fact, in the midfield is equivalent to arranging a double back to protect the defense, now the Premier League is constantly evolving, even if the technical strength of each small team is also increasing, the test of the strong team is getting bigger and bigger, and the team that does not pay attention to defense is destined to be difficult to win the championship.

It is not without reason that Arsenal has not won a championship for many years, Wenger's offensive players who have been trained for a long time abound, but the championship-level defensive players he has trained may be counted in two slaps, and people often notice that their gorgeous offense is actually very good at defending at that time, and they are real first-line superstars.

Ferguson can win so many championships, and they have championship-level defensive players.

The tactics of the 442 parallel position are not dead, but they are no longer quite in line with the current environment of the Premier League and need to be changed.

Wen Sheng told the members of the coaching staff what he had experienced, and everyone listened very carefully, there were still a lot of opportunities for this kind of exchange, and the more they talked, the more the coaching staff felt that Wen Sheng might be a fucking genius.

"Praise me again for going to heaven!" Wen Sheng was immune to everyone's praise, "This is just my personal opinion!" It's not necessarily correct, there are cows who play 442! Let's say Ferguson! ”

Wensheng is right or wrong, Ferguson has actually made changes, he has realized the defects of 442, the team needs a strong back-back combination, and he can't find a suitable one, so Ferguson introduced Kagawa Shinji, and wants to introduce De Bruyne and Modric, Kagawa Shinji is a candidate for the forward position, he has no body in the midfield, and his defensive awareness and ability are relatively weak, Wensheng always doesn't believe that he let Kagawa Shinji play in the midfield.

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At 3 p.m. on the 19th, Manchester City's home game against promoted Southampton kicked off at the Etihad Stadium.

Etihad fans didn't treat Wen Sheng so well last season, but now that Wen Sheng has become the new head coach of the team, everyone's attitude is not much support but definitely not hate, when Wen Sheng stepped out of the player tunnel, he still won the applause of some fans at the scene, and Wen Sheng also applauded to greet everyone.

A little, Adkins also walked out of the players' tunnel, and the two managers shook hands in front of the camera.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Adkins! Welcome to the Etihad! ”

Adkins is also the first time to see the famous Wen Sheng, Wen Sheng's beard is shaved today, he looks very young, won the Premier League championship, it is estimated that no one will talk about his youth, at least he is more than enough to be the head coach of Manchester City in the minds of most people.

"You are incredibly young! Daniel! Adkins' tone was exaggerated, and Wen Sheng could hear it.

"I'm glad to meet you, Daniel, too! You can call me Nigel! ”

"How? Have a drink together after the game?! Wen Sheng made an appointment, of course Adkins wanted to give face, but he actually made a joke with Wen Sheng very heartily, "If you don't let us lose too badly, I can consider it!" ”

Wen Sheng liked Adkins' character, and the two looked at each other and laughed, and soon ended a brief pre-match meeting and returned to their respective positions.

Manchester City's Wensheng sent a 442 formation:

Goalkeeper: Joe. Hart

Defenders: Zabaleta, Van Dijk, Kompany, Klich

Midfielders: De Bruyne, Melo, Yaya Toure, Silva

Forwards: Sergio Aguero, Dzeko

To be honest, Wen Sheng really wanted Navas to sit in the main position directly in the first game, but Joe. Hart really made him a bit of a bogey, so he had to grieve Navas, but in midfield, Barry was directly picked up by Wen Sheng.

Wen Sheng also has ideas on the right fullback, because of the way of playing the side forward, the two side forwards should be adducted, and the requirements for the full-backs are particularly high, Zabaleta is not not good enough, but Wen Sheng dislikes him for not moving fast enough, and Milner meets Wen Sheng's requirements, with strong ability to sprint up and down, and has a good response to De Bruyne, and Klich on the other side is actually enough.

Southampton's Adkins fielded a 451 formation:

Goalkeeper: Kevin. Davis

Defenders: Fox, Wundt, Hojwid, Kleney

Midfielders: Lallana, Prowse, Schneiderlin, Morgan, Prado

Forward: Rodriguez

His 451 is actually a 4231 formation, and to Wen Sheng's surprise, Adkins didn't let Lambert start.

Lambert, like Vardy, is a real grassroots player, although he debuted in the Liverpool academy in the early years, but he was also abandoned by Liverpool early, and then had to play while working like Vardy, and finally played a name for himself in Southampton, last season he was the Championship goalscorer king, and was a big contributor to Southampton's promotion.